# The Power User Program **URL:** \ **Category:** News & Announcements\ **Created:** [June 23, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://www.simscale.com/forum/t/the-power-user-program/100170 "2025-06-23T16:28:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RicardoParis](https://www.simscale.com/forum/user_avatar/www.simscale.com/ricardoparis/32/30222_2.png) [@RicardoParis](https://www.simscale.com/forum/u/RicardoParis)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://www.simscale.com/forum/t/the-power-user-program/100170/1 "2025-06-23T16:28:54Z")
Dear SimScalers and friends of simulation! Here you will find information about the Power User program, including application details. \underline{\textbf{What is the SimScale Power Users Program?}} The Power User Program is an initiative to create and nurture a network of people who are passionate about SimScale and enjoy sharing their knowledge, expertise, and thoughts with others across the SimScale Forum. * * * \underline{\textbf{Who is eligible to apply to be a SimScale Power User?}} The SimScale Power User Program is designed for our most engaged and knowledgeable community members. An ideal Power User candidate: - Is active (or wants to become active) on the SimScale Forum - Is willing to help other users - Engages with the community in a respectful and professional manner - Has experience in the CAE industry, such as coursework, academic experience, participation in school competition teams, professional experience, etc. - Has SimScale-related expertise * * * \underline{\textbf{What are the benefits of being a SimScale Power User?}} Power Users receive a number of exclusive benefits on the SimScale platform including: - An Academic license for educational (non-commercial) use which provides: - Access to creating private projects - Access to all standard [analysis types](https://www.simscale.com/product/pricing/) (i.e. all non-optional) - Ability to select the machine size for meshing and running simulation (access up to 192 cores) - Identification on the forum with a Power User Badge - Chance to test and provide feedback on upcoming features before public rollout - Run unlimited simulations within a 2.000 core hour limit (renewable upon request) * * * \underline{\textbf{Application process}} Interested users can apply to become a power user by sending an email to [academic-program@simscale.com](mailto:academic-program@simscale.com) with a short introduction about themselves and brief explanation of why you would like to join the program. Eligible applicants will receive a 1-month trial Power User Membership. Within the first month, the Power User is expected to: - Be active on the forum by regularly responding to user questions and posts - Create an original public project in SimScale and post a full description of the project on forums, including: - Introduction - Objectives - Pre-processing/meshing insights - Boundary condition overview - Post-processing - Conclusion A public project description can be created as shown: ![Power user opening project details](https://www.simscale.com/forum/uploads/default/original/3X/4/3/43a0d1b03574777bd63c1c1de301443570c5e442.png) From the Workbench, click on the project name to open settings. Once you do that, scroll down in the page that loads. A comment box can be found at the bottom, which allows you to add a public description about the project. ![power user posting project description](https://www.simscale.com/forum/uploads/default/original/3X/8/9/893e5d049277b458c67d80791f92ab4d29b456bb.png) Once the project and description are posted, please direct the SimScale Team to the relevant thread, which can be found in the [Projects](https://www.simscale.com/forum/c/projects/20) forum section. Here is an example of a [project with a complete description](https://www.simscale.com/projects/Ricardopg/the_use_of_vortex_generators_to_achieve_lower_pressure_drops_in_internal_flow/). * * * \underline{\textbf{What are the requirements for maintaining Power User membership?}} After successfully finishing their first month as a Power User, the academic licenses may be extended by 3 months at a time based on their activity over the previous license period. An ideal Power User: - Is frequently active in the SimScale forum - Responds to user questions and posts on forums - Contributes one or more high-quality public projects or step-by-step tutorials per quarter - Is friendly and patient when responding to others - Provides constructive product feedback to the SimScale Team - Reports bugs directly to the SimScale Support Team with the live support chat or via email to [support@simscale.com](mailto:support@simscale.com) * * * Looking very much forward to hearing from you! Best, SimScale Team ---
**Author:** ![RicardoParis](https://www.simscale.com/forum/user_avatar/www.simscale.com/ricardoparis/32/30222_2.png) [@RicardoParis](https://www.simscale.com/forum/u/RicardoParis)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://www.simscale.com/forum/t/the-power-user-program/100170/2 "2025-06-24T14:43:21Z")